Sir Theodore Beal Pritchett MC

Military Cross

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 (born 1890), was Lord Mayor of Birmingham and a Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire.

He was educated at Bromsgrove School

Bromsgrove School

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 and served in the Royal Artillery

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 during World War I

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, being awarded the Military Cross

Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

.

He was a Councillor on Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council

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 from 1924 to 1939, before being appointed as an Alderman. He was Lord Mayor of Birmingham for 1939-40.

A Deputy Lieutenant for Warwickshire, he was knight

Knight

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ed in 1953 and was awarded the Freedom of the City of Birmingham

Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham

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on May 7, 1960.